Structure for attaching a carpet to a forwardly foldable seat back

Abstract

A structure for attaching a carpet to a forwardly foldable type of seat back in an automotive seat, wherein the portion of the carpet attached to the rear side of seat back is at its rear surface fixed with a separate hard member with a clearance from the back board of the seat back. This arrangement avoids slackened state of the carpet on the seat back.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A structure for attaching a carpet to a seat back of a type rotatable forwardly relative to a seat cushion, in a seat, in which said seat back is rotatably connected, via a pivot means, to a part of the cabin of the automobile and an area of the seat cushion side, with said carpet being adhesively attached to a back board of said seat back, and said pivot means is covered with a part of said carpet, characterized in that a plate means of a hard material is fixed to a reverse side of said carpet part covering said pivot means, and said plate means is provided separately from said back board. 
     
     
       2. The structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said plate means is made of a material of the same thickness as that of said back board of said seat back. 
     
     
       3. The structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said back board is cut at a portion corresponding to said part of said carpet, wherein, to said reverse side of said carpet part, said plate means is fixed, such that a means is provided at said carpet part, which allows said plate means to be moved relative to said pivot means, and wherein said plate means is made of a material of the same thickness as that of said back board of said seat back. 
     
     
       4. The structure as defined in claim 3, wherein said means is a clearance between said back board and plate means, so that said plate means is readily rotatable via a corresponding layer of said carpet in relation to said clearance, to thereby be movable vertically with respect to said pivot means. 
     
     
       5. The structure as defined in claim 3, wherein said means is a clearance between said back board and plate means, and wherein said plate means includes a side defined adjacent to said clearance, said side being so formed as to facilitate said movement of said plate means, whereby said plate means is readily rotatable via a corresponding layer of said carpet in relation to both said side and clearance, to thereby be movable vertically with respect to said pivot means. 
     
     
       6. The structure as defined in claim 5, wherein said side of said plate means is formed obliquely in said clearance. 
     
     
       7. The structure as defined in claim 3, wherein said back board is cut obliquely at one side thereof, whereas also said plate means is at one side thereof cut obliquely in a parallel and spaced-apart relation with said obliquely cut side of said back board, and wherein said means forms a clearance extending between said back board and plate means, so that said plate means is readily rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said clearance via a corresponding layer of said carpet, to thereby be movable vertically with respect to said pivot means. 
     
     
       8. The structure as defined in claim 1, wherein said pivot means comprises a rotatable bracket and a stationary support bracket, said rotatable bracket being fixed to a back frame of said seat back and pivotally connected to said stationary support bracket which is fixed to said cabin part and said cushion side area, wherein said rotatable bracket is disposed at a lower corner portion of said seat back, wherein said carpet part is a lower corner portion of said carpet covering said lower corner portion of said seat back as well as thus-disposed rotatable bracket, and wherein said plate means comprises a triangular plate having a pair of first sides matching to said lower corner portion of said carpet. 
     
     
       9. The structure as defined in claim 8, wherein said triangular plate is made of a material of the a same thickness as that of said back board of said seat back, said triangular plate further having a second side which extends obliquely between said pair of first sides, and wherein said back board is cut obliquely at a portion thereof corresponding to said corner portion of seat back, such that a clearance is defined between those two oblique sides of said triangular plate and back board.